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Lost Property: The Woman Writer and English Literary History, 1380-1589
Jennifer Summit
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Description for Lost Property: The Woman Writer and English Literary History, 1380-1589
Paperback. Examining the history of the representations of women writers from Margery Kemp and Christine de Pizan to Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, this volume shows how the woman writer came to embody alienation from tradition. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
The English literary canon is haunted by the figure of the lost woman writer. She has, of course, been a powerful stimulus for the 20th-century rediscovery of works written by women. But as Jennifer Summit argues, "the lost woman writer" also served as an evocative symbol during the very formation of an English literary tradition from the 14th through the 16th centuries. Examining the history of the representations of women writers from Margery Kempe and Christine de Pizan to Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, Summit shows how the woman writer came to embody alienation from tradition. Chaucer, ... Read more
The English literary canon is haunted by the figure of the lost woman writer. She has, of course, been a powerful stimulus for the 20th-century rediscovery of works written by women. But as Jennifer Summit argues, "the lost woman writer" also served as an evocative symbol during the very formation of an English literary tradition from the 14th through the 16th centuries. Examining the history of the representations of women writers from Margery Kempe and Christine de Pizan to Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, Summit shows how the woman writer came to embody alienation from tradition. Chaucer, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226780139
SKU
V9780226780139
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